Thank you matriarch Bella Hellesoe, Beverley Levi, and the staff of Amanaki Hotel, for all the love and caring you’ve shown Odessa during her life.

To Teo Richard Fa’a’iuaso Tapeni, we say thank you for being there for the girls, Odessa and Adoniah, all the time they needed help.

Leiataua Isikuki Punivalu and Kerrie, your children, and the staff of the Pacific Pearl Hotel, we have no words that can describe how we feel about the way you’ve been treating these girls, as though they were truly your very own.

Your love and kindness shown to them over the years have been exemplary, and all we can say is thank you Leiataua and Kerrie.

There is a special family though who is with us this afternoon, whose presence I feel privileged to acknowledge.

Mr Eliseo Rossi, your wife Tofu, and your children Giavanni, Kelita, Dora and Mike, for having extended your love, companionship, and kindness to Odessa during the time of your friendship, and especially during the last days of her life, today I am both honored and humbled when I say thank you.

I want you to know that your kindness has touched us so much, it feels as if it’ a blessing having known you.

And lastly, on behalf of Odessa’s family, I want to say thank you to all of you who are here this afternoon, for making Odessa a part of your life.